Rae Duhme
Parents: Mark and Chrissy Duhme
14 years old, Ninth grade
When do you do chores? Twice a week.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is taking care of the calves and my least favorite is running the little scraper, digging the manure out of the stalls.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? Helping with vet check on Tuesdays and helping move calves from barn to barn.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. When we got the robots on the farm.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? My fair heifers. I have gotten to bond with them, training them for the fair, and I have gotten to know their unique personalities.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would like to help take over the farm here. I would like to also add some other animals, like goats and laying hens.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Climbing on bales.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Chicken alfredo.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Vacation, when we go to Wisconsin every year to a water park.
Are you involved in activities? What is your favorite and why? I am in 4-H and FFA. I like 4-H the best. I get to spend more time on the farm training my animals and being with my cousins.
Lucas Pieper
Parents: Nick and Megan Pieper
11 years old, Sixth grade
When do you do chores? Three times a week.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is helping haul manure or hay. My least favorite is picking rock.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like helping my parents put sand in the stalls once a week.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Helping seed rye this year in the field.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? The cows, because they’re the only animal we have here.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. It would look like this farm. It would have barns, cows, good equipment and plenty of skid loaders.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Hide and go seek.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Spaghetti.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Playing four square at our house.
Are you involved in activities? What is your favorite and why? I am in band and 4-H. 4-H is my favorite because I get to show cows.
Reece Pieper
Parents: Timothy and Crystal Pieper
10 years old, Fifth grade
When do you do chores? Two times a week.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? I like feeding calves. I do not like picking rock.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like to ride with my dad sometimes in the combine.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. When we were little, we would always play tag and hide and seek. Or we would put our dog on the swing.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? The cows. I just see them all the time. I have horses, but I like the cows better because I see them more and like them more.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I am going to work here when I get older, so this exact farm. I would add some different breeds of cows, like Red & White. I also would want a bigger calf barn and a better hay shed.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Sometimes we play tag and hide and seek with the boys. We will play boys against girls. At big family reunions, we will play in the cotton seed and the boys dig tunnels into the bottom of the pile.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Homemade pizza.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Going swimming at my house.
Are you involved in activities? What is your favorite and why? I am in dance, soccer, volleyball and 4-H. 4-H is my favorite because I like going to the fairs and working with my animals.
Kylie Pieper
Parents: Brian and Emily Pieper
10 years old, Fifth grade
When do you do chores? Sometimes I do chores with my cousins.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is changing the water for calves. My least favorite is scraping poop out of the sand.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I help Dad bed sometimes.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Pieper fun day. It is a day where all the aunts and uncles and cousins get together, play games and eat a bunch of food. We will play lightning.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? The cows, especially my fair calves. I like the way they look. They each have their own shape of spots.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Either a dancer or a farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have horses and cows. It would have big barns like the ones we have here.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Hide and go seek tag.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Spaghetti.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Either go out to eat or go to a water park.
Are you involved in activities? What is your favorite and why? I am in choir and I do dance and 4-H. My favorite is dance because I get to practice a couple of dances I used to do. I dance to every song.
Bella Pieper
Parents: Brian and Emily Pieper
5 years old, Kindergarten
When do you do chores? I help my dad with scraping or bedding or ride along.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is riding with my cousin, Reece, on the Gator and helping her with chores. I do not like cleaning.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like going to help my dad get sand in the semi.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Playing in the sand with my cousins this year.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? We used to have chickens. I liked holding them when they were babies.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A babysitter.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. It would look like this farm and would have robots. It also would have cows.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Hide and seek.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Stroganoff.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Helping my mom cook and make muffins.
Gabby Pieper
Parents: Brian and Emily Pieper
3 years old
When do you do chores? Sometimes I help my dad.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? I like going into the pasture looking at the cows. I like to ride in the semi. I don’t like going into the pens.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like going for tractor rides or skid loader rides.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Being with Dad.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? It would have cows, the big white and black ones. I like looking at them.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. It would have pigs, goats, horses, cows and every animal. It would also have tractors and Gators. It would have no barns.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Playing in the sand.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Stroganoff.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? I like going out to eat.
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